Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. [CANTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: DNKN) announced that Kate Jaspon, interim CFO, has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jaspon was appointed interim CFO in April and replaces Dunkin’ Brands CFO Paul Carbone, who left the company. Ms. Jaspon joined Dunkin’ Brands as Assistant Controller in 2005. She was later promoted to Vice President, Controller and Corporate Treasurer, and since 2014 has held the title of Vice President, Finance and Treasury. Ms. Jaspon came to Dunkin’ Brands from KPMG LLP, where she spent eight years supporting both public and private companies as an auditor.

United States Steel Corporation [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: X) announced that Pipasu Soni will serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer in the role vacated by David B. Burritt upon his appointment as President & CEO. Soni, currently the company’s Vice President – Finance, will now oversee all of the company’s financial activities until an active search for a permanent CFO is completed.

Eli Lilly and Company [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: LLY) announced that Derica Rice, executive vice president global services and chief financial officer, will retire after 27 years of service with the company. Rice is also a member of Lilly’s executive committee. Rice joined Lilly in 1990, holding numerous roles in finance and operations throughout his career. He was promoted to his current role in May 2006 after serving as Lilly’s vice president and controller. Rice also has served as Lilly’s general manager in the United Kingdom, executive director and chief financial officer of European operations and chief financial officer for the company’s operations in Canada.

Knoll, Inc. (NYSE: KNL) [EAST GREENVILLE, Pa.] announced that Craig Spray will resign from his position as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In the interim, Charles Rayfield, Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller, will assume the role of Chief Accounting Officer and Acting Principal Financial Officer.

Critical Alert Systems [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced that Dave Sokalski has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Critical Alert, Mr. Sokalski was Chief Financial Officer at Grinder Wear Parts for five years. From 1994 to 2011, Mr. Sokalski held responsible positions as controller, senior controller, director of finance, and accounting at companies in various industries.

Advanced Health Media, LLC [NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J.] announced that Frank Spender has been appointed to the position of SVP & Chief Financial Officer of AHM. Frank has served as VP Finance at AHM since January 2016. Prior to joining AHM, Frank spent 16 years in various financial leadership roles at IMS Health and its subsidiaries.

Apptio [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Kathleen Philips to its Board of Directors. Kathleen currently serves as chief financial officer of Zillow Group and will bring her expertise to Apptio’s Audit and Compensation Committees. Kathleen joined Zillow in 2010 as general counsel, and served as chief operating officer from 2013 to 2015.

Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. [ATLANTA, GA and BOTHELL, WA] (OTCQB: COCP) announced the appointment of James J. Martin to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Since February 23, 2017 Mr. Martin had served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Cocrystal. From 2014 to 2016 Mr. Martin was the Chief Financial Officer of VBI Vaccines, Inc. Since 2010, Mr. Martin has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. From 2014 to 2015, Mr. Martin served as Chief Financial Officer of Vapor Corp, Inc. after serving as Chief Financial Officer of NYSE listed TransEnterix, Inc. from 2010 to 2013. Earlier in his career, Mr. Martin held finance positions at Aero Pharmaceuticals, AAR Aircraft Services and Systems Products International. Mr. Martin was also an Operations Specialist with the U.S. Navy from 1985 to 1990.

Healthx, Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] announced that Jim Meer has been named chief financial officer. Prior to joining Healthx, Meer was senior vice president of finance at Appirio. Prior to Appirio, he was vice president and corporate controller at Salesforce. He also serves as a Board Member of Financial Executives International and on the Board of Visitors for the Byrum School of Business at Marian University.

Itron, Inc. [LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.] (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced that Joan Hooper has been appointed senior vice president (SVP) and chief financial officer (CFO). Hooper will take over the CFO role from Robert Farrow, Itron’s interim CFO since March 2017. Farrow will remain with the company as its vice president, strategic planning and treasury. Hooper most recently served as the CFO of CHC Helicopter, from 2011 to 2015. Prior to CHC, she held several finance executive positions at Dell, Inc. from 2003 to 2010, including vice president and CFO for its Global Public and Americas business units, vice president of corporate finance and chief accounting officer. Hooper also was CFO of FreeMarkets. In addition, she held a variety of senior finance positions at AT&T.

Proterra [BURLINGAME, Calif.] announced that Amy Ard has joined the management team as chief financial officer. Before joining Proterra, Ard was CFO at AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group (AMG).

Velocity Commercial Capital [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] announced that Mark Szczepaniak has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Velocity Commercial Capital, Mr. Szczepaniak was the Managing Director of Finance at PennyMac, CFO of Prospect Mortgage, CEO of Prospect Insurance and CFO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle.

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CNCE) announced that Ryan Daws, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the company. Mr. Daws served as CFO of Concert since January 2014.

Greenfields Petroleum Corporation [HOUSTON, TEXAS] (TSX VENTURE: GNF) announced the appointment of Jose Perez-Bello as the Company’s new Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer. Perez-Bello has served as the Company’s Vice President and Controller since August of 2012. He replaces A. Wayne Curzadd, who has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer since August of 2012, has stepped down from those positions to assume an advisory role with the Company.

Calix, Inc. [PETALUMA, Calif.] (NYSE: CALX) announced the appointment of Cory J. Sindelar as Interim Chief Financial Officer following the previously announced departure of the Company’s former Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Sindelar served as Chief Financial Officer at Violin Memory, Inc., and earlier as CFO of Kilopass Technology and Ikanos Communications. Sindelar also previously served as vice president, corporate controller, and principal accounting officer at Legato Systems.

Cloudflare [SAN FRANCISCO] named Thomas Seifert as chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Seifert served as executive vice president and CFO at Symantec. Prior to Symantec, Seifert served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Brightstar. Before Brightstar, he was chief financial officer and chief accounting officer at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) from 2009 until 2012. He managed the company’s financial operations and was AMD’s interim chief executive officer for eight months in 2012. Seifert also held a number of executive roles earlier in his career in the technology and wireless industries at Qimonda AG, Infineon Technologies AG, and Wirelines Communications Business Group.

Texas Capital Bancshares [DALLAS] announced that Peter Bartholow, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the parent company, will retire. Julie Anderson, who is currently the bank’s Chief Financial Officer, will be promoted to parent company CFO. Mr. Bartholow will remain COO and a member of the board of directors until his retirement. Ms. Anderson joined Texas Capital Bank as the corporate controller in 1999, just two months after the company’s founding, and was promoted to her current position in 2013. Mr. Bartholow joined the bank as CFO and member of the board in 2003 shortly after the company’s IPO. He assumed COO responsibilities in 2013.

Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. [SAN CARLOS, CA] (NASDAQ: LBIO) announced that Gregory Schiffman, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the company. Lion’s accounting, tax and financial reporting functions will continue to be provided by Franco Valle, current Principal Accounting Officer and Controller, and Lion’s other in-house accounting personnel. Mr. Valle joined Lion Biotechnologies in July 2016 and has been responsible for such functions since then.

Rennova Health, Inc. [WEST PALM BEACH, FL.] (NASDAQ: RNVA) announced the appointment of Michael Pollack as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Since 2005 Mr. Pollack has been with KBL, LLP, most recently serving as Partner-in-Charge of KBL’s audit quality and control, and the Partner-in-Charge of KBL’s Public Company (SEC) Practices Group.

BioNovelus, Inc. [Phoenix] announced that Chief Financial Officer Mark R. Johnson has left the Company to pursue other interests. Company founder and CEO Jean Ekobo will assume the role of interim CFO until a permanent successor to Mr. Johnson is named.

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. [CANTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: DNKN), the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, announced that Paul Carbone, Dunkin’ Brands Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the Company. Kate Jaspon, Dunkin’ Brands Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, has been appointed to serve as interim CFO upon his departure. Ms. Jaspon joined Dunkin’ Brands as Assistant Controller in 2005. She was later promoted to Vice President, Controller and Corporate Treasurer, and since 2014 has held the title of Vice President, Finance and Treasury. Ms. Jaspon came to Dunkin’ Brands from KPMG LLP.

Avery Dennison Corporation [GLENDALE, Calif.] (NYSE: AVY) announced that its board of directors has elected Gregory S. Lovins as vice president and interim chief financial officer. Lovins succeeds Anne L. Bramman, senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Lovins has been the company’s vice president and treasurer since August 2016, and will continue to serve as treasurer. He was previously vice president, global finance, Materials Group from January 2011 to August 2016 and, prior to that, held positions of increasing responsibility across the company.

Marin Software Incorporated [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NYSE: MRIN) announced that Brad Kinnish has been appointed VP of Finance and Acting Chief Financial Officer, replacing Catriona Fallon. Mr. Kinnish joins Marin Software from Deutsche Bank, where he served as Managing Director in the Technology Investment Banking group since 2010. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Mr. Kinnish spent four years at Thomas Weisel Partners as Director of Software Investment Banking. Previously, Mr. Kinnish was an Associate in the Technology Investment Banking group at Credit Suisse, and started his career at Ernst & Young as a CPA.

Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] announced that Richard Peterson will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Peterson succeeds John Smither, who is retiring at the end of April but will continue to serve Sienna in an advisory capacity. Peterson joins Sienna from Novan, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation until 2012.

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. [BUFFALO, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ROCK) announced the appointment of Timothy Murphy as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Murphy will succeed Kenneth Smith, who had previously announced his intention to retire. Mr. Murphy is currently Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary at Gibraltar. He joined Gibraltar in 2004 as Director of Financial Reporting. He then held senior positions in the Treasury Operations department, and has been Vice President and Secretary of the Company since 2012, and Treasurer since 2013. Prior to joining Gibraltar, Mr. Murphy was Senior Manager at KPMG.

Wecast Network, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: WCST) announced that its Board of Directors unanimously appointed Simon Wang as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and principal accounting officer of the Company. Mr. Wang takes over the CFO role from Mr. Yi Xu, the Company’s current Chief Operating Officer, who also held the role of interim CFO of the Company for a short period while the search for a permanent CFO was occurring. Mr. Wang began his career at Deloitte China. Mr. Wang was most recently at BeiBei.com, where he led the finance, accounting and treasury divisions. Prior to that, Mr. Wang worked at Vipshop where he served as a finance director.

South American Gold Corp [LAS VEGAS, NV] (OTC PINK: SAGD) announced the appointment of its new Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Joseph (Jody) Hanks.

National Instruments [AUSTIN, Texas] (NASDAQ: NATI) announced Karen Rapp is joining NI as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, she was senior vice president of Corporate Development at NXP Semiconductor. Prior to her current role at NXP, Rapp served as the vice president and chief information officer at Freescale Semiconductor. Rapp held a variety of positions while at Motorola/Freescale in the business units, corporate accounting, the supply chain, sales and marketing.

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TASER International, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NASDAQ: TASR) announced the appointment of Jawad Ahsan as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ahsan joins TASER and Axon’s management team after serving as CFO for Market Track since May 2014. Before joining Market Track, Ahsan spent 13 years in various roles at General Electric (GE). He joined GE Healthcare in 2010 after four years serving as Risk Manager for the Widebody Engine Programs for GE Aviation and as VP, Financial Planning & Analysis for GE Capital. Ahsan became CFO of Clinical Business Solutions, after serving as CFO for Healthcare Knowledge & Connectivity Solutions. Prior to those appointments, Ahsan worked with GE’s internal Corporate Audit Staff.

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: NSM) announced that Amar R. Patel, former Nationstar Executive Vice President of Portfolio Investments, has been appointed as Executive Vice President and interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Patel’s appointment follows Robert Stiles’ departure from the company as Executive Vice President and CFO. Mr. Patel initially joined Nationstar in 2006. From 2006 to 2016, Mr. Patel served in multiple roles within the company and was elected Executive Vice President of Portfolio Investments in 2011. From 1993 to 2006, Mr. Patel held various management positions at Capstead Mortgage Corporation, last serving as Senior Vice President Asset and Liability Management.

Entercom Communications Corp. [BALA CYNWYD, Pa.] (NYSE: ETM) announced that it has appointed Richard J. Schmaeling as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schmaeling will succeed Steve Fisher, who will be stepping down. Mr. Fisher will continue to assist with the CBS Radio integration through January 2018. Mr. Schmaeling held the role of CFO at LIN Media, from 2008 until its acquisition by Media General in December 2014. Prior to joining LIN Media, Mr. Schmaeling served as Vice President, Finance at Dow Jones. Most recently, Mr. Schmaeling served as CFO at Travel Leaders Group.

SUNZ Holdings [BRADENTON, Fla.] announced the appointment of Michael W. Grandstaff to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of SUNZ Holdings, and Chief Financial Officer of SUNZ Insurance Company. Before joining SUNZ, Grandstaff was an Executive Vice President for a workers’ compensation insurance service provider.

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE MKT: PARR) announced the appointment of Will Monteleone as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Monteleone succeeds Chris Micklas, who is leaving Par Pacific to spend time with his family. Mr. Monteleone began his career with Bank of America. He was then a member of Sam Zell’s investment firm Equity Group Investments. Mr. Monteleone is currently Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions and Business Development.

American Tire Distributors, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced the hiring of Bill Williams as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Williams has served as a senior executive and strategic partner in finance, management consulting, and operations at Fortune 500 companies. For the past ten years Mr. Williams served as CFO Engagement Partner at Tatum, Randstad Holdings, NV, including serving as ATD’s interim financial executive advisor since September 2016. During his career, Mr. Williams has served in financial executive and advisory roles at multiple companies including IBM, Martin Brower LLC, AlliedSignal, Steelcase, Kraft Foods, and Stern Stewart & Co.

DAQRI [LOS ANGELES] has named Robert Brass as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was at Morgan Stanley where he was the Managing Director of their Semiconductors and Emerging Electronics Investment Banking Team.

PAVmed Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: PAVM, PAVMW), announced that it has appointed Dennis M. McGrath as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Since 2000, Mr. McGrath has served in multiple executive leadership roles at PhotoMedex, Inc., most recently as President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his most recent role as President and CFO of PhotoMedex, which he resumed after a corporate merger in 2011, Mr. McGrath served as CEO of PhotoMedex from 2009 to 2011 and as CFO/VP-Finance and Administration from 2000 through 2009. Prior to PhotoMedex, he served as COO of Internet Practice, the largest division for AnswerThink Consulting Group. Prior to that, he was CFO of Think New Ideas, Inc. Mr. McGrath also served as CFO/EVP of TriSpan, Inc.

Knopp Biosciences LLC [PITTSBURGH] announced the appointment of Shane Kovacs to its Board of Managers, effective immediately. Kovacs has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PTC Therapeutics since May 2013. Prior to joining PTC in 2013, Mr. Kovacs served as Managing Director, Health Care Investment Banking at Credit Suisse. He joined Credit Suisse in 2004 from an investment banking position at National Bank Financial in Toronto.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation [BALTIMORE] has named Craig Mellendick as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Foundation. He assumes, and expands upon, duties previously executed by Barry I. Schloss, who concluded his role as the CFO for the Foundation, but continues to serve as an external trustee. Prior to joining the Weinberg Foundation, Mellendick was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Enterprise Community. He has also held accounting and finance positions with General Growth Properties and The Rouse Company. In addition, Mellendick has performed audit and consulting services for KPMG.

Bedford Technology [WORTHINGTON, Minn.] announced Dan Greve as the new CFO. Greve comes from Newport Laboratories, where he successfully served as CFO, then continued as director of business operations until he joined Bedford Technology.

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Clarivate Analytics [PHILADELPHIA] announced the appointment of Richard Hanks as Chief Financial Officer. Over the prior four years, Hanks was CFO at BDP International. Previously, he held executive finance and business leadership roles at Infogroup, Dow Jones, Factiva and GSK.

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. [Bedford, MA] announced that W. Bradford Smith notified the Company of his resignation from his position as Chief Financial Officer. James Fortune, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, will assume the roles of principal financial officer and principal accounting officer on an interim basis. Mr. Fortune has served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer since 2008. Mr. Fortune also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Augmenix, Inc. from 2008 to April 2014 and of AccessClosure, Inc. from 2008 to 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Fortune served as the Chief Operating Officer of Confluent Surgical, Inc. Previously, he held various senior management roles with the orthopedic and neurosurgical divisions of Johnson & Johnson.

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. [Pleasanton, CA] announced that Jerry Ulrich, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, notified the Company of his intent to retire by the end of 2017 after eleven years of service to the Company.

Wedbush Securities [LOS ANGELES, CA] announced the appointment of David Weaver as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joined Wedbush as a consultant in 2016. David has over two decades of operations and accounting experience, including Director, Fund Accounting with Globeop Financial Services; Vice President at Deutsche Bank Fund Services; and as CAO and CFO with Refco Group, LLC.

Twinlab Consolidated Holdings, Inc. [BOCA RATON, Fla.] (OTC: TLCC) announced the appointment of Alan S. Gever as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Mr. Gever was most recently chief financial officer of Spice Chain Corporation. He began his career in finance at Nabisco, and held a broad range of management positions with responsibility for manufacturing operations, financial planning, accounting, supply chain management and M&A. He was also corporate vice president of global procurement and general manager and chief financial officer of the Nabisco Refrigerated Foods Company. Additionally, Mr. Gever was chief financial officer of both Ultimate Juice (Naked Juice) and Boulder Brands (Smart Balance) and built a successful management consulting practice.

Tyme Technologies, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTC: TYMI), announced that Ben Taylor has been appointed President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Taylor joins Tyme from Barclays Capital Inc., where he has been the Head of Commercial Pharma since February 2016. Prior to Barclays, Mr. Taylor spent 10 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in various positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Head of Emerging Pharma. In addition to investment banking, he also spent two years at a medical diagnostic start-up leading finance and business development functions.

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) announced that Robyn Denholm, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operations Officer at Juniper Networks, Inc., has been appointed to its board of directors. Denholm has also been appointed to chair the company’s Audit Committee and be a member of the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees. These roles were previously filled by Brad Buss, who is vacating his committee positions upon joining SolarCity as its Chief Financial Officer. Buss will remain a member of Tesla’s board and will provide valuable continuity from his experience since joining the board in 2009. Denholm joined Juniper in 2007. She joined Juniper from Sun Microsystems, where she served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategic Planning. Denholm began her career in Australia, serving in various finance assignments for Toyota Motor Corporation and Arthur Andersen and Company.

SolarCity Corporation (NASDAQ: SCTY) has appointed Brad Buss as chief financial officer. Buss served Cypress Semiconductor as chief financial officer from August 2005 to June 2014. Prior to joining Cypress, Buss served as vice president of finance at Altera Corp., and prior to that, as CFO of Wyle Electronics’ Atlas Services Division. Buss also served as a member of Cisco Systems’ worldwide sales finance team, and as chief financial officer at Zaffire Inc. Mr. Buss is currently a member of the board of directors and audit committee chairman for both Tesla Motors and Cafepress.

The Madison Square Garden Company (NASDAQ: MSG) announced that Sean Creamer has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective September 1, 2014. Mr. Creamer joins MSG following Bob Pollichino‘s announced planned retirement as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Pollichino will continue as chief financial officer until Mr. Creamer officially joins the company on September 1. Mr. Pollichino will then remain as an executive vice president with the company until his retirement later this year, after which he will continue to be available to advise MSG as a consultant for 12 months. Before joining MSG, Mr. Creamer spent nine years at Arbitron Inc., most recently serving as president and chief executive officer. Prior to this, he held the position of chief operating officer. Mr. Creamer joined Arbitron in August 2005 as executive vice president, Finance and Planning. Later that year he was named the company’s chief financial officer, a position he held until 2010, when he became executive vice president of the Company’s radio and cross-platform services and operations. Mr. Creamer is also a former member of Arbitron’s board of directors. Prior to joining Arbitron, Mr. Creamer was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Laureate Education, Inc. Previously, Mr. Creamer held a number of financial positions with increasing responsibility at Mobil Corporation (now Exxon Mobil Corporation) and Price Waterhouse (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers).

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) announced that Maryann T. Seaman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, FMC Technologies, Inc., has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors. She joined the company in 1986 and has served as Senior Vice President and CFO, Vice President, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer as well as Vice President of Administration. She also served as the Secretary to the Compensation and the Nominating and Governance Committees of the Board of Directors for FMC Technologies.

Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) announced the appointment of Timothy McLevish as Walgreens executive vice president and chief financial officer. McLevish comes to Walgreens from Kraft Foods Group, Inc. where he most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to Kraft, he served in chief financial officer roles for Ingersoll-Rand, and Mead Corporation. McLevish also served in a leadership role at Zellerbach Paper Company, where he was vice president and general manager. McLevish succeeds Wade D. Miquelon, executive vice president, chief financial officer and president of international for Walgreens.

USA Truck, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAK) announced that Clifton R. Beckham has notified the Company of his plan to proceed with his resignation as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 30, 2014, to pursue new career opportunities.

Anthelio Healthcare Solutions Inc. announced the appointment of Jeff Robertson as CFO. Jeff succeeds Mark Falkenberg, who will remain with the company through the end of August. Most recently, Jeff was Senior VP at The Brock Group. Jeff has also served as Senior VP and Chief Accounting Officer for Safety-Kleen. He has also worked for Verizon Wireless, KPMG, and PWC.

Accretive Health, Inc. (OTC: ACHI) announced that it has appointed Peter Csapo, former chief financial officer and area senior vice president for VHA, Inc., as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Csapo succeeds Sean Orr, who has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Accretive Health since August 2013. Orr will remain with the company, moving into a new role as SVP of finance. Prior to VHA, Csapo worked at McKesson Health Solutions as chief financial officer and vice president, customer operations. He joined McKesson in 1998, where he advanced through multiple corporate and divisional leadership roles during his 13-year tenure. Csapo also worked at Honeywell International, Inc., in finance and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. He began his career at the headquarters of Sears, Roebuck and Co. in audit and SEC financial reporting.

Michael Baker International announced that it has appointed Brian A. Lutes as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Brian Arsenault, who had assumed the duties of Chief Financial Officer of the company on an interim basis since January 2014, will continue to serve the company as a Vice President in its Finance Group, and will assist Mr. Lutes as he transitions into his new role. Mr. Lutes recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sypris Solutions. He began his career with the General Electric Company where he spent 15 years and is a graduate of their Manufacturing Leadership Curriculum and Corporate Audit Staff.

Lanyon announced John Mills has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mills most recently led financial operations as Chief Financial Officer for Infogroup. From 2005 to 2010, he was CFO for Travelocity and from 2011 to 2013, he was SVP and Treasurer of Sabre Holdings. He also held roles in finance, strategy, and operations for Atlantic Richfield Corporation and Shell Oil Company.

First Internet Bancorp (NASDAQ: INBK), parent company of First Internet Bank of Indiana, announced that Kenneth Lovik has been named the Company’s new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 18, 2014. He will succeed Kay Whitaker, SVP and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lovik comes to First Internet Bancorp following four years at First Financial Bancorp. Prior to that, Mr. Lovik worked in investment banking, providing financial advisory services to financial institutions.

EdR (NYSE: EDR) announced that Bill Brewer has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Brewer has spent five years as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. Prior to joining Sedgwick, Mr. Brewer was with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for 24 years. Drew Koester, who successfully led the EdR financial group as its interim principal financial officer and treasurer, will continue to be an integral part of EdR’s leadership team.

Scivantage announced the appointment of James (Jim) Corr as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Scivantage, he spent eight years as the Controller, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at Pershing-affiliated Albridge Solutions. Prior to Albridge Solutions, Corr held senior financial positions at firms in public accounting and private industry.

Intersections Inc. (NASDAQ: INTX) announced that Ronald L. Barden has been named the company’s Chief Financial Officer effective September 2, 2014. Mr. Barden will replace John G. Scanlon, who will be leaving the company in September 2014. Most recently, Barden served as Chief Financial Officer of N1Health LLC. Mr. Barden spent ten years in public accounting at Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young. Previously he served on the Board of Directors of Heilig-Meyers Company as Managing Director of Reorganization and Senior Vice President & Controller.

Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE: SXT) announced that Dick Hobbs will retire from his role as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in February 2015 and that he will be succeeded by Stephen Rolfs, Sensient’s current Senior Vice President, Administration. Mr. Hobbs has been Sensient’s Chief Financial Officer since July 2000. He joined the Company in 1973. Stephen Rolfs joined Sensient in 1997. Prior to assuming his current role as Senior Vice President, Administration, Mr. Rolfs was Sensient’s Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. He has also served as Sensient’s Treasurer and its Vice President, Corporate Development. Prior to joining Sensient, he was employed by Brown-Forman Corporation, as a financial analyst and as Assistant Vice President. From 1986 to 1991 Mr. Rolfs worked as a CPA for the public accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) announced that CFO Jeff Glidden has notified the Company of his intention to retire in FY’15. To ensure a smooth transition, Mr. Glidden will remain in his current role until his replacement has been selected.

Apothecary Products Incorporated announced the appointment of Darran Spence as CFO. Prior to joining Apothecary as CFO, Darran Spence worked as a consultant with River Rock Partners. While at River Rock, she also provided interim CFO support for consumer product companies. Spence also served as CFO for Airborne and The ADS Group, and her earlier career includes progressive finance leadership roles at CNS, General Mills, and The Pillsbury Company.

CafePress Inc. (NASDAQ: PRSS) announced that Garett Jackson, current Interim Chief Financial Officer, has been named Chief Financial Officer.

Michelman hired Jeff Rodgers as the company’s new CFO. Mr. Rodgers has held senior leadership and C-suite positions at companies including Aurora Casket Company, Panini, Crane Co., and General Electric.

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announced the appointment of John A. Bencich as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to his recent appointment at OncoGenex, John served as CFO of Integrated Diagnostics Inc. Before joining Integrated Diagnostics in 2012, John was CFO of Allozyne. Earlier he served as the vice president, CFO and treasurer of Trubion Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his role at Trubion, he was the director of finance and corporate controller for Onyx Software Corporation. John started his career at Ernst & Young LLP.

loanDepot, LLC announced the appointment of Jon Frojen as chief financial officer for the company. Frojen most recently served as chief financial officer for Cetera Financial Group. Prior to joining Cetera, Frojen was managing director at Milestone Advisors. Prior to that, Frojen served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Indymac Commercial Lending Corp, as chief financial officer for ReMAE Mortgage Corporation, and vice president and treasurer for both Long Beach Mortgage Company and Avco Financial Services.

Sabine Oil & Gas LLC announced that Shane M. Bayless, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Bayless will step down effective with the closing of the previously announced merger with Forest Oil Corporation. Bayless has served as Sabine’s CFO since its inception in 2007.

Noble House Hotels & Resorts announced the appointment of Patricia Handjaja to Chief Financial Officer. Handjaja gained her hotel and resort knowledge starting as a corporate accountant for Noble House in 2001. From there, she went on to hold titles including director of finance and accounting, and VP of finance, accounting and tax.

comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) announced that Mel Wesley will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 29th. He will step into the position following current CFO Kenneth Tarpey‘s retirement from comScore later this month. Most recently, he served as CFO of Mandiant Corporation. Prior to Mandiant, he spent over eight years at OPNET Technologies, where he was Senior Vice President and CFO. He also served as Corporate Controller for OPNET from June 2004 through November 2004. Previously Mr. Wesley also served as Corporate Controller for SteelCloud, Inc. and as Assistant Controller for Learning Tree International, Inc..

SunEdison, Inc.(NYSE: SUNE) announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of The Procter & Gamble Company, Clayton C. Daley, Jr., as a new independent member of the Board and as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Daley currently serves on the Board of Directors and is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation and Option Committee of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., and serves on the Board of Directors of Foster Wheeler AG. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation and Executive Development and Governance and Nominating Committees of Nucor Corporation.

Lift Brands announced that Paul Carbone, the CFO of Dunkin’ Brands, the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins, has joined the board of directors of the company.

Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP) announced the appointment of Michael J. Zugay as Chief Financial Officer effective August 18, 2014. Mr. Zugay was Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Michael Baker Corporation from 2012 to 2014 and was Chief Financial Officer for Michael Baker from 2009-2014. Prior to that time, he spent 14 years with iGATE Corporation, where he held various positions, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2008. The Chief Financial Officer position for Koppers is currently held by Leroy M. Ball, who was elected Chief Operating Officer for Koppers in May 2014.

Blue Line Protection Group, Inc. (OTC: BLPG) announced that it has appointed Patrick Deparini as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Deparini has been acting in the capacity of interim controller of Blue Line Protection Group since March of this year. He has served as an officer or director of numerous privately held corporations over the past 15 years, including FX Global Technologies, Inc., Nascent Group, Inc. and Rise Records, Inc.

XO Communications announced that Phong Le has been appointed as chief financial officer. Mr. Le joins XO after serving as vice president of financial planning and analysis for NII Holdings. Most recently, he was vice president, strategy and business operations in Nextel Brazil. Before NII, Mr. Le spent 12 years at Deloitte Consulting.

Theravance, Inc. (NASDAQ: THRX) announced that it has appointed Michael W. Aguiar as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective August 15, 2014 and as a member of the Board of Directors effective immediately. Mr. Aguiar plans to continue to serve as Theravance’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until his replacement is identified and appointed. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Aguiar served as Vice President of Finance at Gilead Sciences, Inc. Prior to Gilead Sciences, Inc., Mr. Aguiar served as Vice President of Finance at Immunex Corporation and at Honeywell International in a variety of positions, including, most recently Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance for Honeywell Electronic Materials SBU.

Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) announced that Roger Matthews, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned his position to pursue other opportunities. Effective August 6, 2014, Bill Moreton, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Company, will serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Bill Moreton has previously held the positions of Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Panera Bread. Roger Matthews will transition his remaining duties through the end of August.

Socialware announced Sharon Kincl has joined the company’s leadership team as chief financial officer. Kincl comes to Socialware from PeakColo Holdings, Inc., where she served as treasurer and vice president of finance. Prior to joining PeakColo Holdings, Inc., Kincl was treasurer and vice president of finance at Vico Software, Inc. Prior to that, Kincl served as chief financial officer of Fetter Logic, Inc., Persona, Inc., and Intelliquest Information Group, Inc.

WISErg Corporation named Jonathan Alford as chief finance officer (CFO). Most recently, he served as a strategic consultant focused on developing competitive strategies and financial structures for thriving technology companies.

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: KPTI) appointed Justin Renz as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Renz served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of Zalicus Inc. (formerly CombinatoRx, Inc.) from March 2012 to July 2014, as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer from July 2009 to February 2012 and as Vice President, Finance & Treasurer from September 2006 to June 2009. From August 2005 to September 2006, Mr. Renz was Director, Accounting and Financial Operations at EMD Serono, Inc. From 2002 to 2005, he was Senior Director, Global Accounting and Finance at Coley Pharmaceutical Group, and has also held financial and accounting positions at ArQule, Inc., Millipore Corporation and Arthur Andersen LLP.